Part of the Upper Plym Valley, Devon
The Upper Plym Valley covers fifteen and a half square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor landscape and includes some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites. It is one of the richest archaeological landscapes of Dartmoor. It has survived largely to the lack of agricultural or industrial activity on the moor in modern times. This has meant that many of the prehistoric and later monuments have been left undisturbed. Some of the most distinctive Bronze Age remains are the low, stony, earth-covered banks known as reaves. They are made up of granite boulders and layers of turf and were probably property boundaries. They can be seen running for miles across the moorland. The landscape is in the care of English Heritage (2011). Read more.
